In May, 2002
we received
an e-mail from a 9th grade student in a Southern European country who wrote

"Many
'antimasons' claim masonry has something or alot to do with lucifer and
satanisam, and many organisations which endorse satanistic teachings often
mention freemasonry in their texts (e.g. OTO ).I see you have made an effort to
proov that these allegations are not true but i think that it has to be said
very clearly that MASONS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SATANISTS, as not saying it
clearly may seem like trying to hide something."

Wise.
A VERY wise young person!

So let's make it clear
right here and now: Freemasonry has nothing - absolutely nothing - to do with
Satan, or anything else of that nature.

First, in order to become
a Mason, one must profess a belief in a Supreme Being. While someone might want
to argue that Satan could be considered "Supreme", the fact of the
matter is that the entire process of application would discourage someone with
behavior which is so deviate from societal norms.

But let's examine this
further: would a person who might enjoy blaspheming God want to join a group
which has an open Bible in the Lodge room?
Would a person who thinks the Devil guides their actions want to stand and pray
to the Supreme Architect of the Universe for help and guidance in his life? Would a
person who would find pleasure in debasing Deity feel comfortable around a group
of men, nearly all of whom were active in the practice of their faith and many
of whom were leaders in their Church, Synagogue, or Mosque?

The only answer is -
of
course not!

But what about the
bizarre claim that all Freemasons are actually Satanists or worshipping Satan? All one needs is a
little common sense to debunk that foolishness. Don't you think that if
such a thing WERE going on that there would be FAR more men leaving the
organization - and speaking loudly about it? Do you really imagine that millions
of men are so schizophrenic that they could worship with their families in their
church, synagogue or mosque and then attend a lodge meeting to revile God just a few
days later?

Or what about the variation on that theme:
that it's the 33rd Degree (Scottish Rite) Masons who practice Satanism? Or
maybe it's some
other (undefined) 'high ranking Masons', then. Again, your 'manure detector' should be
smelling something pretty foul. Men who spend year after year, decade after
decade believing that Freemasonry is morally upright suddenly find they are expected
to change their entire belief set to worship Satan just because they've been
given some honor or made part of a special group? How silly is that?
And, moreso, just how many do you think wouldn't scream to the rooftops about
such stupidity?

And let's be honest:
there are those who HAVE left Freemasonry over the past 300
years, claiming that the organization conflicted with their
religious beliefs somehow. Not a single one, though, can point to ANY degree or
ANY activity within the Masonic family that has Satan, Beelzebub, or ANY kind of
devil or devil worship in ANY degree or ceremony. Certainly those who'd left
claiming some type of religious objection would be CROWING about such a thing if
there had been, don't you think?

The bottom line:
Freemasonry has nothing whatsoever to do with Satanism. PERIOD! End of
Discussion!!!!!

Those looking for more information about Satanism (along with
the greatly exaggerated claims about its membership which is likely but a few
hundred people worldwide) can find a wealth of material at http://www.religioustolerance.org/satanism.htm

And we can't resist taking just a little poke:

Masons MAY, in fact, know some things about the Devil: Devils
Tower in Wyoming may be familiar to some (it is, after all, a U.S. Park
Service National Monument) while there are those who probably support the Tampa
Bay Devil Rays baseball team. Yep, those Masons could be
said to be involved
with the 'Devil'....

And if you've read about Albert Pike and Lucifer relating to
this topic, you'll want to
read all about that right here.

Page last updated 27 November 2004

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